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WorksheetsNorthern Eurasia Test Reivew
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
The name of central Russia's large, evergreen forest
Tundra
Taiga
Steppe
Desert
The world's deepest lake is...
Baikal
Black
Caspian
Aral
Which body of water is located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and has dramatically shrunk over the past 60 years due to poor cotton farming irrigation practices ?
Aral
Baikal
Baltic
Caspian
Another term for the portion of Eastern Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Coast is...
Siberia
Tundra
Taiga
Steppe
Which of these rivers is the longest in Europe?
Euphrates
Nile
Amazon
Volga
Which range of mountains separates Europe from Asia?
Ural
Caucasus
Atlas
Himalaya
Which of these seas is located on Russia's northern coast?
Black
Caspian
Baltic
Aral
Russia's climate is generally...
humid tropical (like Florida)
arid desert (like Nevada)
cold (like Canada)
Moderate (like Tennessee)
Which two continents is Russia located on?
Europe and Asia
Asia and the Middle East
Africa and Asia
Europe and Africa
Which group invaded Russia during the 1200s, demanded tribute in the form of money and goods, and destroyed cities that did not obey?
Harappans
Sumerians
Mongols (Tatars)
Muslims
Which czar helped to drive Mongol influence out of Russia by being "fearsome in battle" and had St. Basil's Cathedral constructed?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Vladimir Lenin
Which Russian czar had a notoriously bad temper, started using secret policemen called the Oprichniki, and may have murdered his own son?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Catherine the Terrible
Joseph Stalin
Catherine the Great and Peter the Great were both determined to do which things for Russia?
Reduce and Control
Westernize and Modernize
Easternize and Traditionalize
Communize and Terrorize
Peter the Great did NOT...
order the construction of St. Petersburg
develop a more modern Russian navy
lead Russia into Communism
become a czar of Russia
Who was the last czar to rule Russia, stepping down in 1917?
Ivan the Great
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Nicholas II
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
According to Karl Marx's description of Communism... (choose 3)
All should work according to their ability
All should receive only what they need to survive
All should need no government or religion
All should have freedom to worship, work, and vote as they please.
Who was the first Communist dictator of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Who was the second dictator of the Soviet Union (a noteably strict man who used force to guide the USSR through WWII)?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
What term is used for the period of tension between the USA and USSR over the spread of Communism during the 20th century?
Civil War
Age of Ultron
Cold War
Berlin Wall
The competition to create better technology for out of Earth travel between the USA and USSR was called the ...
Space Race
Star Wars
Rocket Race
Cold War
"Duck and Cover" was a phrase used to train Americans how to respond to ______ during the 1950s & 60s?
a flood
a North Korean missile attack
a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union
an angry little sister
Which of these events was a part of the Cold War? (May choose more than one...)
Space Race and Sputnik
Vietnam War
Korean War
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Soviet Era, most Russians lived in...
small apartments in cities
large houses in the country
the old palaces from the czars
tents on the steppes
During the Soviet Era, many people in Russia did not have (choose more than one)...
freedom
lots of money
enough food
privacy
Information (true or misleading) used to influence a person's beliefs and actions toward a cause is called...
Marxism
Communism
Propaganda
Dacha
A country house used by many Russians to produce additional food or have additional space is a...
Dacha
Propaganda
Cyrillic
Steppe
Alphabet used to write the Russian language
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Cyrillic
It could be said that Communism and the age of the czars in Russia both ended because...
the common people were poor and lacked freedom
the common people were rich and had freedom
the leaders got bored and left
the country was conquered by outside invaders
Select the three themes of Russia's history:
Expansion
Slow Westernization
Harsh Treatment of the Common People
Communism
What happened to the Soviet Union in 1991?
It collapsed
It formed
It expanded
It developed nuclear weapons
Who is the current President of the Russian Federation?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russia faces many challenges today, including (choose all that apply)
environmental damage
conflict between ethnic groups
poverty (many people are poor)
Mongol invasion
Which religious group is the largest in Russia (according to surveys)?
Russian Orthodox (Christian) Church
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
Many countries in Central Asia (choose all that apply)...
are mostly Muslim nations
are named after the main ethnic group that lives in the space
struggle with poverty (lack money)
have little freedom
speak Russian as a secondary language
